Naturelich Games

Today, DHL delivered two new additions to the Naturelich Game Shelf (TM -- *g* ). They are nothing new, just some older games that I got for a nice discount. Sometimes I just cannot resist...

The first game is a great two-player game, called Jambo. The game is designed by Rüdiger Dorn and illustrated by Michael Menzel and got some interesting discussion on the blogs I read:

• Traditional Game Reviews


• The Game Ranch


• BoardGameNews

The second buy is a wargame. Shelak and I recently talked about trying some wargames. I selected Age of Napoleon - mainly because it was available at a discount. It's been a quick buy as I did not want to put that much time into the selection process. I mainly relied on the Geek rating and comments there, plus Chris Farrell's After Action Report. Since I appreciate Chris' critical judgements I guess the game will be good for us. The map and game components certainly look decent. The rules are gonna be trickier but I'll read up over my visit to Anaheim, CA next week.

Anyone who would like recommend interesting "beginner" 2-player wargames is welcome. Should not necessarily be WWII for me, as we have Memoir '44 for this theme (well, actually I might be interested in more WWII themed games but we have not played half the scenarios so I currently feel that there is much much more to explore). It can be a little bit heavier than Memoir '44 though. I guess a playing time of 2-3 hours is about right :D